User:Adb62/sandbox/Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD)

What is JOAD?

Program that falls under the USA Archery Organization that provides youth between the ages of 8 and 20 archery instruction from the beginner to advanced level. In this program youth not only learn about archery at their own pace they also build confidence, concentration and problem solving skills. JOAD is hosted in many archery clubs across the nation. JOAD focuses on two disciplines of archery, compound and recurve. Almost all clubs have rental equipment available so kids can start learning and participating in archery from the start. All clubs are required to be lead by USA Archery certified instructors that have completed SAFESPORT training and have been taught to stress safety for everyone involved in the program. Whether a child's participation is purely recreational or they have Olympic Dreams JOAD is the place for them.

Achievement Plan

To help show the progress that members have mad and to give them challenges and goals to strive for JOAD has created the JOAD achievement plan. The achievement plan is broken up into several areas determined by equipment type, indoor/outdoor, age group, and distances. After all JOAD awards have been earned and archer can earn Olympian rewards. The rewards are considered to be the most advanced awards that can be earned by a JOAD participant and earn the archer special recognition by the USA Archery Office. All awards should be earned one at a time and in sequential order.

Tournaments

As a way to test ones skill against others and to promote the growth of archery across the nation JOAD sponsors a series of archery tournaments. All JOAD sponsored tournaments are broken into four major divisions which are then broken down by equipment type. The four major divisions are Bowman, Cub, Cadet, and Junior, with the three equipment divisions being Barebow, Recurve, and Compound. The time of year will determine whether the archers will be shooting indoor or outdoor and which distance they will shoot. During indoor competition all competitors will shoot at 18 meters. All scores will be tabulated using the official USA Archery Scoring Matrices.